Can Abortion Issue Derail Health Care Bill?
The issue of abortion has sparked nationwide debate. Anti-abortion groups vigorously oppose the legislation being discussed but groups that favor abortion rights say the House’s language would move the federal government into a whole new area of restricting women in the private insurance sector. Stupak said he talked to the president in September and expressed his concerns about the abortion language. He said he has repeatedly told the Democratic leadership in the House that they have to include the language to garner full support, but has been told that it’s hard for the leadership to do that. The congressman from Michigan does not think there are enough votes in the House to pass the health care bill as it currently stands, and called the Senate bill “totally unacceptable.” “I’m not involved in the head count but they are lucky if they have 150 votes,” Stupak told ABCNews.com. “They have to make a lot of improvements in order to get House members to vote for it. Members are not enamo
